Technical difficulties again plagued the Ustream live video of a Hugo Awards ceremony. Beautiful video, but no audio. Those of us in the audience were left with Tweet breadcrumbs from @LonCon3 on the hashtag #RetroHugos:
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Fan Writer is Ray Bradbury. #RetroHugos #worldcon #Loncon3
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
46 minutes into the ‘broadcast’ and still no sound . . .
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Fanzine: Imagination! edited by F J Ackerman, Morojo, and T B Yerke. #RetroHugos #loncon3
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
Sound! Finally at 2:51 pm! Well, sort of. It’s like a microphone is in the back of the audience buried in someone’s scarf.
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Professional Artist is Virgil Finlay. #RetroHugos #worldcon #loncon3
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Editor Short Form is John W. Campbell #RetroHugo #loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Dramatic Presentation SF is The War of the Worlds by HG Wells. #RetroHugo #Loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Short Story is How We Went to Mars by Arthur C Clarke. #RetroHugo #Loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
And the one I didn’t get an opportunity to read wins:
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Novelette is Rule 18 by Clifford D Simak #RetroHugo #Loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
Connie Willis accepted the award for this one (and I picked it correctly). Just wish I could have heard what she had to say:
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Novella is Who Goes There? by Don A Stuart (John W Campbell). #RetroHugo #loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
And now for the big and final category … Best Novel of 1939:
The winner of the 1939 #HugoAward for Best Novel is The Sword in the Stone by T H White. #RetroHugo #loncon3 #worldcon
— Loncon 3 (@loncon3) August 14, 2014
Sigh. Ah, well. You can’t win them all.
Very frustrating viewing experience. I hope that the folks at LonCon3 and Ustream get the bugs worked out before Sunday afternoon/evening for the even bigger 2014 Hugo Awards Ceremony.
Thanks to Tor.com, here’s a nice post that wraps up the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards.
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